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Featured Video: Nifty Noble

You may have seen this video already as it has scored over 60,000 views on YouTube in just a week. If you haven’t, prepare to be amazed by the cleverness and patience of a Swedish horse named Noblé.

Noblé doesn’t want to do anything wrong, but he also doesn’t want to stand around looking at the corner of his stall all day. Who can blame him? Fortunately for Noblé, he’s figured out a way to use the tools he has available to him to get what he wants. The video is a bit slow going at first, but at around 0:55 when someone closes Noblé’s door, you’ll see him get right to work. The methodical, patient way he goes about his trick is pretty amazing.

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Make sure you watch through to the end to see how he attempts to hide the evidence of his antics.

Our in-house Swedish translator is on indefinite sabbatical, so we had to rely on Google translate, but according to that, the title of this video translates to “Nifty Noble,” a fitting title indeed.

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View Comments

Donna Lee says:

December 21, 2013 at 6:23 am

That is really amazing, he is just the coolest guy, what a little trickster...good boy
kygal says:

December 22, 2013 at 1:07 pm

clever boy
wild heart says:

December 22, 2013 at 7:43 pm

omg how cute is he!
Galadriel says:

December 22, 2013 at 11:29 pm

Cute.
Galadriel says:

December 26, 2013 at 10:30 pm

What a clever boy. My horse uses the fence to remove his halter if the throat latch isn't tight enough.
KW says:

December 27, 2013 at 5:58 pm

Imagine that we once thought horses were dumb!
Bonnie says:

February 16, 2018 at 3:54 am

Oh My, he is cleaver for sure! Little stinker!
Marion says:

March 6, 2018 at 5:59 am

What an escape artist for sure!

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